People wade through a flooded road with their belongings after a rise in the water level of river Yamuna due to heavy monsoon rains, in New Delhi, India, September 3, 2025. — Reuters Around 10,000 evacuated in Delhi, says local media. More thunderstorms expected on Wednesday. 130 people killed in August alone in north India. Flooding across northern India killed …
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US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media, on the day of a closed House Republican Conference meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, May 20, 2025. — Reuters WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump is set to imminently ask the conservative-majority Supreme Court to validate his broad emergency tariffs after two setbacks at lower courts, but will …
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A member of Greek wildlife protection group Anima treats a turtle burned in a forest fire. — AFP A badly burned tortoise that survived a Greek wildfire wriggles in an Athens animal clinic despite lots of painkillers, one of the latest victims of climate change that is playing havoc with the country’s wildlife. Most of the scorched scales on its …
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Pakistani and Indian border guards pictured during a flag-lowering ceremony at the Wagah Border Crossing. — Reuters/File Two sisters living in India’s Kerala state have been left stateless after failing to provide proof that they had renounced their Pakistani citizenship. The News, citing BBC, reported that the sisters told a court they surrendered their Pakistani passports to the High Commission …
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China on Wednesday flexed its military might as world leaders converged in Beijing for the country’s largest-ever military parade on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Victory Day, marking the victory of China in the World Anti-Fascist War. Chinese President Xi Jinping, flanked by Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, termed the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation “unstoppable” as …
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Afghan men walk on the rubble of a damaged house following a deadly magnitude-6 earthquake that struck Afghanistan on Sunday, in Mazar Dara, Kunar province, Afghanistan, September 2, 2025. — Reuters Taliban govt appeals for urgent help from world after disaster. Afghan quake markes one of deadliest seismic event in decades. Vast majority of deaths reported mountainous in Kunar province. …
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President Xi Jinping declared China “unstoppable” during a speech on Wednesday, opening a massive parade in Beijing to mark 80 years since the end of World War II. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was among 26 world leaders present to witness China’s largest-ever military parade, a display of strength orchestrated by Xi to highlight Beijing’s growing influence on the global …
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US President Donald Trump announces the US military strike on a drug boat in the Caribbean, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US, September 2, 2025. — Reuters Trump shares video showing speedboat exploding. US officials say boat was carrying illegal narcotics. Strike comes amid increased deployment to Caribbean. The US military killed 11 people …
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Joint Logistics Support Force stand during the rehearsal ahead of a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in Beijing, China, September 3, 2025. — Reuters BEIJING: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is among 26 world leaders in China to witness on Wednesday the country’s biggest-ever military parade, a show of strength staged by …
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Russia’s S-400 air defence missile system units drive past a guard of honour during a military parade on Victory Day, marking the 80th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2025.—Reuters India already operates S-400, with talks on for more acquisitions. $5.5bn 2018 deal covered 5 systems, …
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